Jeremiah 50:38

A sword [is] on her waters, and they have been dried up, || For it [is] a land of carved images, || And they boast themselves in idols.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.

In Context

37A sword [is] on his horses and on his chariot, || And on all the rabble who [are] in her midst, || And they have become women; A sword [is] on her treasuries, || And they have been spoiled;

39Therefore desert-dwellers dwell with howlers, || Indeed, daughters of the ostrich have dwelt in her, || And it is not inhabited anymore forever, || Nor dwelt in from generation to generation.

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Cross References

Judges 6:30And the men of the city say to Joash, “Bring out your son, and he dies, because he has broken down the altar of Ba‘al, and because he has cut down the Asherah which [is] by it.”

Isaiah 44:27Who is saying to the deep, || Be dry, and your rivers I cause to dry up,

Jeremiah 50:2“Declare among nations, and sound, || And lift up an ensign, sound, do not hide, || Say, Babylon has been captured, || Bel has been put to shame, || Merodach has been broken, || Her grievous things have been put to shame, || Her idols have been broken.

Jeremiah 51:7Babylon [is] a golden cup in the hand of YHWH, || Making all the earth drunk, || Nations have drunk of her wine, || Therefore nations boast themselves.

Jeremiah 51:44And I have seen after Bel in Babylon, || And I have brought forth that which he swallowed—from his mouth, || And nations no longer flow to him, || Also the wall of Babylon has fallen.

Jeremiah 51:52Therefore, behold, days are coming,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “And I have seen after her carved images, || And the wounded groan in all her land.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 50:34-46

The Judgment of Babylon. ( b. c. 595.) 33 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. 34 Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name: he shall thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. 35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord , and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon… Read the whole commentary →

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